Living in Ellesmere Port Town

Ellesmere Port Town had a population of 65,430 at the end of 2021. The regional median gross salary reached €3,113 per month at the end of 2024. Ellesmere Port Town's unemployment stood at 3.3% at the end of 2023.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population65,430people31 Dec 2021Official source · Office for National Statistics

Median gross salary (region)3,113EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Average rent1,158EUR/month31 Aug 2026District figureOfficial source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price

Unemployment rate3.3%31 Dec 2023Regional figureOfficial source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Recorded crime6,679incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)

PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2019Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Less recorded crime than 87% of United Kingdom cities that publish it and dirtier air than any other United Kingdom city that publishes it.

Which United Kingdom-wide rules apply when you move to Ellesmere Port Town?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in United KingdomNational rates and thresholds that apply in Ellesmere Port Town.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Ellesmere Port Town. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€24

Mobile plan, 10 GB€13

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	24.02 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	BT Full Fibre 150¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12.87 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Three 100GB one-month data pack¹⁴Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,158 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price¹⁰Official · county

Is Ellesmere Port Town a good place to live?

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Remote worker45%strong on work, weak on safety · range 34–56%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–68%

Student39%strong on education, weak on work · range 29–49%

Family61%strong on family, weak on cost · range 50–72%

Retirement34%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 20–48%

Work and income

At the end of 2021, the employment rate stood at 58.3%. Ellesmere Port Town had 30,975 at the end of 2021.

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Ellesmere Port Town is 3.3%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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Ellesmere Port Town 3.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	58.3 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,113 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Office for National Statistics (ONS)⁶Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.3 %	31 Dec 2023	Office for National Statistics (ONS)⁷Official · regional context

What does a salary buy in Ellesmere Port Town?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,387of €2,582 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
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Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,582
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price · 2026-08-31	− €1,158
Internet€24 · official · BT Full Fibre 150 · 2026-09-30	− €24
Mobile plan€13 · official · Three 100GB one-month data pack · 2026-09-30	− €13
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,387

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ellesmere Port Town. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Ellesmere Port Town. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	21 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)²Official
Schools	28 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)²Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 16, and public school is free.

A country-wide rule for United Kingdom; Ellesmere Port Town's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: legislation.gov.uk · 1996–2026.

Safety

How safe is Ellesmere Port Town?

Police recorded about 6,679 incidents per 100,000 (2025-26). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹³

Recorded crime across major citiesEllesmere Port Town highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Manchester14,267

Bristol13,099

Liverpool12,409

Leeds11,462

Birmingham11,416

Leicester11,001

Sheffield9,693

Cardiff9,379

Belfast9,156

Coventry8,836

Glasgow757

Edinburgh549

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	6,679 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹³Official · county

Mobility and administration

Ellesmere Port Town's nearest airport was LPL, 7 km away and offered 48 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	48 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹¹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	7 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	LPL	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 9 µg/m³ at the end of 2019.

Is the air quality good in Ellesmere Port Town?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency³

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.59WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United KingdomAnnual PM2.5 in Ellesmere Port Town is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 941 cities with data, 487 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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Ellesmere Port Town 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2019	European Environment Agency³Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 8.1 · Feb 8.8 · Mar 10.9 · Apr 13.6 · May 16.7 · Jun 19.3 · Jul 21.1 · Aug 20.7 · Sep 18.4 · Oct 14.6 · Nov 10.9 · Dec 8.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.8 · Feb 2 · Mar 3 · Apr 4.5 · May 7.2 · Jun 10.3 · Jul 12.1 · Aug 12 · Sep 9.8 · Oct 7.2 · Nov 4.3 · Dec 2.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 5 · Feb 5.4 · Mar 7 · Apr 9.1 · May 12 · Jun 14.8 · Jul 16.6 · Aug 16.3 · Sep 14.1 · Oct 10.9 · Nov 7.6 · Dec 5.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 59.9 · Feb 49.5 · Mar 48.2 · Apr 49.5 · May 52.9 · Jun 64.5 · Jul 60 · Aug 58.9 · Sep 62.2 · Oct 76.2 · Nov 71.3 · Dec 75.6 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: Derby ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±0.8 °C, Cork (Ireland) ±1.1 °C, Reims (France) ±1.4 °C, Werl (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Heide (Germany) ±1.5 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Median age stood at 40 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Ellesmere Port Town?

The published population was 65,430 people in March 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics⁵

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	65,430 people	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁵Official

International community in Ellesmere Port Town

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Usual residents living in the individual ONS Built-up Area on Census Day 21 March 2021 · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Europe: United Kingdom	60,975	93.2%
Europe: EU countries	2,535	3.9%
Non-EU countries (including British Overseas)	1,925	2.9%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	25.9 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁴Official
Workers aged 16 and over	30,975 workers	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁴Official
Median age	40 years	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁴Official
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Office for Students⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Ellesmere Port Town

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Crewe as an Ellesmere Port Town alternative in the same region

36 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 2.7% Crewe vs 3.3% Ellesmere Port Town−18%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,099 Crewe vs 6,679 Ellesmere Port Town−9%
Median gross pay, region: €3,320 Crewe vs €3,113 Ellesmere Port Town+7%
Residents: 74,120 Crewe vs 65,430 Ellesmere Port Town+13%
Annual PM2.5: 9.0 µg/m³ Crewe vs 9.0 µg/m³ Ellesmere Port Townsame level

Full comparison More about Crewe

Rochester as an Ellesmere Port Town alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 312 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 37 Rochester vs 6,679 Ellesmere Port Town−99%
Annual PM2.5: 14.0 µg/m³ Rochester vs 9.0 µg/m³ Ellesmere Port Town+56%
Unemployment: 2.6% Rochester vs 3.3% Ellesmere Port Town−21%
Median gross pay, region: €3,409 Rochester vs €3,113 Ellesmere Port Town+10%
Residents: 67,285 Rochester vs 65,430 Ellesmere Port Town+3%

Full comparison More about Rochester

Cities near Ellesmere Port Town

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in United Kingdom

Other cities in United Kingdom to compare with Ellesmere Port Town, nearest in population first.

All United Kingdom cities

Loughborough64,860 residents Dudley64,270 residents Dewsbury63,720 residents Rochester67,285 residents Maidenhead67,375 residents Mansfield63,445 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Ellesmere Port Town under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Is Ellesmere Port Town part of Chester?

Ellesmere Port Town is in the published commuting zone of Chester; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Chester city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source¹⁵

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Common questions

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How many people live in Ellesmere Port Town?

The published population was 65,430 people in March 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Is the air quality good in Ellesmere Port Town?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Ellesmere Port Town?

What is the typical salary around Ellesmere Port Town?

The median gross salary is 3,113 EUR/month. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Is Ellesmere Port Town a good place to live?

Ellesmere Port Town may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Ellesmere Port Town part of Chester?

Ellesmere Port Town is in the published commuting zone of Chester; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Ellesmere Port Town?

Chester, Speke, Bromborough, Blacon, Halewood are near Ellesmere Port Town. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Europe: United Kingdom live in Ellesmere Port Town?

The official country of birth distribution records 60,975 people (93.2%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Ellesmere Port Town, United Kingdom: population, rent, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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